“I’ve said time and again that this is far too important to rush and that we must carefully consider all of the potential consequences and outcomes before any transition occurs,” –Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) The House of Representatives easily passed the Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM) Act authored by Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.), …
It is almost unbelievable that ICANN and FIFA can be found in one sentence, but the news of FIFA sweeping scandals have only of late come to sharp universal focus. The similarity may be so strong that internet governance industry veterans have gone ahead to draw spilling parallels of the two organizations. ICANN also wants …
DotConnectAfrica Trust joined, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) at the launch of CBC TECH 2020, at Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Avenue Washington, DC 20540.The new initiative is aimed at engaging the tech sector in increasing African-American representation and inclusion in the industry. The Founder of DCA Trust Ms. Bekele later held meetings …
The ICANN CEO has announced intentions to step down from the helm in March 2016, it is not clear what has caused his resignation but speaking to AFP, Chehade said he has accepted a job in the private sector, outside of the domain name space which ICANN supervises. He promised to disclose the name of …
ICANN wants total control of DNS while breaking its own bylaws to block .africa probe Source: By Kieren McCarthy on theregister.co.uk ICANN broke its own bylaws – and acted in a way “fundamentally inconsistent” with its role as the world’s DNS overlord – while restricting efforts to make itself more accountable to netizens.That striking judgment …
Late on the evening on April 22nd the CWG-Stewardship on the IANA Naming Functions issued its second Draft Proposal for a 28-day public comment period that closes on May 20th. Information about the Proposal can be found in a news announcement and at the public comment page. ICANN has scheduled a 90-minute explanatory webinar on …
The body that manages the Internet domain name system has asked regulators in the U.S. and Canada to comment on the legality of the high prices and procedures used by Vox Populi Registry for registrations of ‘.sucks’ domain names by trademark owners. The move Thursday by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers …
The DCA vs. ICANN Independent Review Process (IRP) Panel, has made yet another interim declaration that has gone against the express wishes of ICANN. It appears that the Panel saw through the ploy of ICANN, and agreed with DCA Trust’s argument that the IRP defendant wanted to “opportunistically” take advantage of the reconstitution of the …
Stethoscope may be required to register a .Doctor domain name. Donuts has filed a reconsideration request after ICANN decided to slam the door on who can register a domain name under the .doctor top level domain name. Last month, ICANN’s New gTLD Program Committee determined that .Doctor should be a namespace restricted only to “legitimate …
In their continued fight against copyright infringement, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) are now turning their attention to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Last month, MPAA sent a letter to ICANN in which they urged the organization to take strong action …